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- 3. Clay did not lead to the Civil War; rather, his political career was dedicated to preventing it through a series of compromises
- 6. truth Sojourner Truth did not cause the Civil War
- 9. intensifying sectional tensions between the North and South over the issue of slavery
- 13. temperance movement the temperance movement did not lead to the Civil War; rather, the Civil War disrupted the movement
- 14. state balance What if the Civil War began in 1820 instead? : r ...The escalating conflict between free and slave states was a primary cause of the Civil War
- 16. American war acquiring vast new territories from Mexico, which reignited the explosive debate over whether slavery should expand into these new lands
- 17. the Emancipation Proclamation did not cause the Civil War
- 20. Comprise first creating a temporary solution to the growing sectional conflict over slavery and then by highlighting the deep-seated regional divisions that couldn't be permanently resolved Compromise of 1850 a package of five laws passed to de-escalate tensions over slavery after the Mexican-American War
- 22. Brown raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 escalated tensions that led to the Civil War by polarizing the North and South. While his plan to start a slave uprising by seizing a federal arsenal failed Fugitive Slave Act intensifying sectional conflict and increasing Northern resistance to slavery
- 23. cotton acquiring vast new territories from Mexico, which reignited the explosive debate over whether slavery should expand into these new lands
- 25. Sovereignty failing to resolve the slavery issue in new territories, instead causing violence and polarization
- 26. Tom's cabin polarizing opinions on slavery, fueling abolitionist sentiment in the North, and provoking outrage in the South
- 27. Lloyd Garrison William Lloyd Garrison was a key figure in the abolitionist movement who helped lead to the Civil War, although not through direct military action
- 28. Douglass did not lead to the Civil War, but as a leading abolitionist, his activism was a major force in the long-term push against slavery
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- 1. railroad physically defying federal laws, increasing tensions between the North and South, and undermining the economic and social basis of slavery in the South
- 2. second great awakening The Second Great Awakening did not directly lead to the Civil War
- 4. dix Dorothea Dix did not lead to the Civil War
- 5. Scott Decision significantly contributed to the Civil War by further polarizing the nation over slavery, rather than acting as a direct cause through an "Act"
- 7. Nullification did not directly lead to the Civil War
- 8. auctions Slave auctions did not singularly cause the Civil War, but they were a central and horrifying component
- 10. Slavery chattel slavery was the primary cause of the American Civil War
- 11. Tubman Harriet Tubman did not directly "lead to" the Civil War
- 12. Kansas the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the ensuing Bleeding Kansas violence ultimately helped lead to the Civil War by intensifying sectional tensions and making reconciliation seem impossible
- 15. Yes, secession led directly to the Civil War
- 18. gin The cotton gin did not directly cause the Civil War
- 19. act repealing the Missouri Compromise and creating intense conflict over the expansion of slavery
- 21. doctrine the Monroe Doctrine did not directly cause the Civil War, but the conflict revealed a key weakness of the doctrine
- 24. catchers The activities of slave catchers and their role in enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 intensified sectional tensions that ultimately led to the Civil War